The age of anxiety : McCarthyism to terrorism / Haynes Johnson.
2005
E748.M143 J64 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
The age of anxiety : McCarthyism to terrorism / Haynes Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Haynes, 1931-2013.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0151010625
Publication Details
Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., 2005.
Language
English
Description
xii, 609 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Item Number
9780151010622
Call Number
E748.M143 J64 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.921/092 B
Summary
For five long years in the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-Communist crusade dominated the American scene, terrified politicians, and destroyed the lives of thousands of citizens. Haynes Johnson re-creates that time of crisis--of President Eisenhower, who hated McCarthy but would not attack him; of the Republican senators who cynically used McCarthy to win their own elections; of Edward R. Murrow, whose courageous TV broadcast began McCarthy's downfall; and of mild-mannered lawyer Joseph Welch, who finally shamed McCarthy into silence. Johnson tells this monumental story through the lens of its relevance to our own time, when fear again affects American behavior and attitudes, for he believes now, as then, that our civil liberties, our Constitution, and our nation are at stake as we confront the ever more difficult task of balancing the need for national security with that of personal liberty.--From publisher description.
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"A James H. Silberman book."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: A new kind of war
Pt. 1: McCarthyism. The list ; Tail Gunner Joe ; Progressivism to McCarthyism ; The remarkable upstart ; The way to Wheeling
Pt. 2: The past as prologue. In the beginning ; Cold warriors
Pt. 3: Dealing with a demagogue. The press ; The politicians ; The network ; The opposition ; The demagogue
Pt. 4: Prelude to power. Twenty years of treason ; Taking more scalps ; Junketeering gumshoes
Pt. 5: Witch hunts. Inquisitions ; The case of Private Schine ; Point or order! ; "Have you no shame, senator?
Pt. 6: Judgment. Belling the cat ; Oblivion
Pt. 7: Legacy. The politics of fear ; Parallels ; A house divided
Epilogue: The age of anxiety.
Pt. 1: McCarthyism. The list ; Tail Gunner Joe ; Progressivism to McCarthyism ; The remarkable upstart ; The way to Wheeling
Pt. 2: The past as prologue. In the beginning ; Cold warriors
Pt. 3: Dealing with a demagogue. The press ; The politicians ; The network ; The opposition ; The demagogue
Pt. 4: Prelude to power. Twenty years of treason ; Taking more scalps ; Junketeering gumshoes
Pt. 5: Witch hunts. Inquisitions ; The case of Private Schine ; Point or order! ; "Have you no shame, senator?
Pt. 6: Judgment. Belling the cat ; Oblivion
Pt. 7: Legacy. The politics of fear ; Parallels ; A house divided
Epilogue: The age of anxiety.